Second Palm Harbor Man Wins $1 Million Lotto Prize

A second Palm Harbor resident has won a million dollar lottery prize. For those who are counting, that's two people from Palm Harbor who have won a million bucks in less than a month. Both winners purchased their winning tickets outside of Palm Harbor.

On July 15, the Florida Lottery announced that Palm Harbor resident David Theal, 38, claimed a $1 million top prize in the $1,000,000 MONOPOLY Scratch-Off game. Theal chose the one-time, lump-sum payment for his winnings in the amount of $700,000. He purchased his winning Scratch-Off ticket at Publix, located at 12139 W. Linebaugh Ave. in Tampa.

On July, 7, Palm Harbor resident Thomas Josapak, 60, won a $1 million POWERBALL prize. He purchased his winning ticket at the Winn-Dixie supermarket located at 1630 U.S. 19 in Holiday. Josapak says he wants to use some of his winnings to buy a Corvette, according to the Florida Lottery.

This got us thinking, "Are people from Palm Harbor especially lucky?" or "Do Palm Harbor residents buy a large amount of lottery tickets?"

We've asked the Florida Lottery to share some statistics with us about lottery winners in Palm Harbor and the amount of lottery tickets sold in Palm Harbor. We'll be sure to pass that information along to you.

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